Comedy Central Bleeped 201's Moral

South Park's "201," scheduled to air on April 21, 2010, showed American actor Tom Cruise trying to steal Muhammad's supposed immunity from ridicule. Before the broadcast, New York-based radical Muslim organization Revolution Muslim warned creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone that they risked violent retribution and posted their work addresses. Comedy Central responded by covering Muhammad with a "CENSORED" bar and bleeping almost all of the closing speeches from Kyle, Jesus, and Santa. The removed moral argued that threats and violence, not magical immunity, made people surrender, even though Kyle's speech never mentioned Muhammad.

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